The Only 5 Beauty Essentials You Need in Your Makeup Bag

As the holiday season quickly approaches and busy social calendars fill up with post-work cocktails and festive dinners, there’s no time like the present to reassess those multi-tasking, day-to-night beauty bags. But with the onset of dry, cool weather comes a fresh new set of skin and makeup challenges, involving more than a few pesky flakes, spots of redness and hard to cover dry patches. On the case is Los Angeles–based makeup artist Patrick Ta, who knows a thing or two about on-the-go routines. The celebrity pro is the skilled hand behind some of Gigi Hadid’s,Kendall Jenner’s and Emily Ratajkowski's most-liked red carpet looks including a set of shiny, sparkly silver lids and seriously bold, Bordeaux lips.

From a non-greasy, hydrating face oil to one of the pro's favorite long-lasting, black mascaras, here the expert shares his five essentials no woman should leave home without, even when racing to and from the season's most glamorous of events.

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Face Oil

“Every woman should keep a face oil in her bag,” says Ta. The pro regularly preps clients’ skin with La Mer’s The Renewal Oil and also mixes it into foundation for a hydration boost. “It makes skin look as luminous as possible,” he says.La Mer The Renewal Oil, $245Buy it now